Comments on: Top 10 Tips for First-Time Bicycle Commuters https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/ smart living by bike Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: MN https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-96303 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:25:28 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-96303 my best advice to you all is to obtain an E Bike from PIM Bicycles . Check out PIMBICYCLES.com for great pricing on the world’s best e bikes.

]]> By: lagatta à montréal https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-84776 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:54:17 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-84776 In reply to Jake.

Yes, it is the same sort of victim-blaming women have endured for far too many years. Cycling safety is based on infrastructure (physical, legal and social) and our numbers. Asking a slow everyday cyclist to wear “gear” is akin to forcing pedestrians to wear walking helmets.

]]> By: lagatta à montréal https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-84775 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:50:20 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-84775 In reply to Barry Condrey.

You need an urgent trip to the Netherlands.

Sport cyclists wear helmets there. Everyday cyclists don’t.

]]> By: Paul https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-71214 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 01:01:38 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-71214 In reply to kj.

Good quality lights improve visibility during the day.

]]> By: kj https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69809 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:57:10 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69809 In reply to John.

No point in lights in bright sunlight.

]]> By: kj https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69808 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:55:46 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69808 Always assume that the drivers around you have not seen you.
If stopped at a junction with a car behind you, turn round, make eye contact and signal your intentions
Remember you have as much right to use the road lane, do not limit yourself to a tyre width next to the kerb.
Keep an eye out for the 3 holes – pot, man and arse

]]> By: John https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69217 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:02:20 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-69217 Might suggest that cyclists use front and rear lights 24/7. Many light companies promote such on their packaging and makes a big difference in being seen.

]]> By: Zalman Goldstein https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-29612 Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:29:03 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-29612 In reply to augsburg.

Exactly! More important than “obey all traffic laws”

]]> By: MOSEMAN https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-29383 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 05:38:46 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-29383 They didn’t mention riding on the sidewalk. This is one of the most dangerous things that beginners do. So many times i’ve heard of cyclists getting hit passing a driveway on the sidewalk or transitioning from sidewalk to road where cars are turning. Am I wrong here?

]]> By: Jake https://momentummag.com/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-3218 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:14:44 +0000 http://momentummag.com/how-to/top-10-tips-for-first-time-bicycle-commuters/#comment-3218 In reply to Barry Condrey.

Helmets make sense, but focusing on helmets is putting the cart before the horse.

A helmet will not save you from a right hook from a panel truck. A helmet will not make it any safer on highly congested streets where token bike infrastructure is poorly thought out and shoehorned in. A helmet will not teach/recall the basic rules of the road and rights of cyclists to an entitled, aggressive motorist.

A helmet is an affordable, reasonable safety precaution. But using the lack of a helmet as an argument for or against cyclist rights sound a lot to me like “She was asking to be raped, dressing like that.” The problem of bike safety is structural and systematic, and no amount of molded polystyrene is going to change that.

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